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Please read the following information provided by WHO regarding mobile phones
and health:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs193/en/print.html
Here is an excerpt on key facts from it:
QUOTE
Key facts
* Mobile phone use is ubiquitous with an estimated 4.6 billion subscriptions
globally.
* To date, no adverse health effects have been established for mobile phone use.
* Studies are ongoing to assess potential long-term effects of mobile phone use.
* There is an increased risk of road traffic injuries when drivers use mobile
phones (either handheld or "hands-free") while driving.
UNQUOTE
Here is information provided by U.S. FDA:
http://tinyurl.com/FDAcellphones
Here is a pertinent excerpt:
QUOTE
Cell phones emit low levels of radiofrequency energy (RF). Over the past 15
years, scientists have conducted hundreds of studies looking at the biological
effects of the radiofrequency energy emitted by cell phones. While some
researchers have reported biological changes associated with RF energy, these
studies have failed to be replicated. The majority of studies published have
failed to show an association between exposure to radiofrequency from a cell
phone and health problems.
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Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Tue, 11/16/10, Vasant Baliga <vabal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I am posting an article from the New York Times as a matter
> of public health-we have a lot of eminent Doctors amongst
> Goanetters-it would be great if they commented on the issue
> and educated us on the perils of exposure to cell phones.
> Regards
> Vasant Baliga
>
> Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?
> By RANDALL STROSS
> WARNING: Holding a cellphone against your ear may be
> hazardous to your health. So may stuffing it in a pocket
> against your body.
>
> I’m paraphrasing here. But the legal departments of
> cellphone manufacturers slip a warning about holding the
> phone against your head or body into the fine print of the
> little slip that you toss aside when unpacking your phone.
> Apple, for example, doesn’t want iPhones to come closer
> than 5/8 of an inch; Research In Motion, BlackBerry’s
> manufacturer, is still more cautious: keep a distance of
> about an inch.
>
> The warnings may be missed by an awful lot of customers.
> The United States has 292 million wireless numbers in use,
> approaching one for every adult and child, according to
> C.T.I.A.-The Wireless Association, the cellphone
> industry’s primary trade group. It says that as of June,
> about a quarter of domestic households were wireless-only.
>
> If health issues arise from ordinary use of this hardware,
> it would affect not just many customers but also a huge
> industry. Our voice calls — we chat on our cellphones 2.26
> trillion minutes annually, according to the C.T.I.A. —
> generate $109 billion for the wireless carriers.
>
>
> Read the entire article at:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/business/14digi.html?src=busln
>
